BILL NUMBER: SJR 27	CHAPTERED  09/12/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   136
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Polanco
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Aroner, Ashburn, Bates,
Battin, Baugh, Bock, Briggs, Calderon, Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza,
Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Ducheny, Dutra,
Firebaugh, Frusetta, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda,
House, Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard,
Longville, Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni,
Migden, Nakano, Olberg, Robert Pacheco, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero,
Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson,
Torlakson, Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman,
Wright, and Zettel)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2000

   Senate Joint Resolution No. 27--Relative to California-Latin
America air service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 27, Polanco.  California-Latin America air service.
   This measure would request that the federal government assure the
State of California that the next air transport agreements between
the United States and Brazil and Argentina include direct, nonstop
service between California and those countries.




   WHEREAS, California currently suffers from a disproportionate lack
of passenger and air cargo service to many points throughout Latin
America, specifically Brazil and Argentina; and
   WHEREAS, Business and leisure travelers from California and the
western United States are currently forced to fly to Brazil and
Argentina via inconvenient gateways on the East Coast or in foreign
countries, adding up to 12 hours in round-trip travel time, or on
limited, direct service provided by foreign carriers; and
   WHEREAS, California's exports to Argentina are the largest of any
state and are the second largest of any state's exports to Brazil and
yet remarkably the state lacks daily nonstop service to either
country; and
   WHEREAS, Daily nonstop service between Los Angeles and Buenos
Aires and Los Angeles and Sao Paulo presents an excellent opportunity
to create further regional commercial benefits that will contribute
to the economic prosperity of the entire United States; and
   WHEREAS, California is a natural gateway to Latin America due to
its geographic position, strong passenger demand, and cultural and
business ties; and
   WHEREAS, California now has the opportunity to benefit from new,
nonstop air service to Argentina and Brazil; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature respectfully requests that the
President of the United States and the Secretary of Transportation
assure California that the next air transport agreements between the
United States and Brazil and the United States and Argentina provide
for direct nonstop service between California and Brazil and
Argentina; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature respectfully requests that the
Secretary of Transportation meet with California's business,
community, cultural, and trade representatives to fully assess the
need for direct nonstop air service between California and Brazil and
Argentina; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President of the United States, the Secretary of
Transportation, and to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States.
